BRIDGEPORT -- A Stratford condo owner is attempting to throw a roadblock in front of a settlement agreement between the city of Bridgeport and his condo association over the taxpayer-funded driveway for millionaire developer Manuel "Manny" Moutinho.

Kucej wants a court to stop the condo's board of directors from approving any settlement offer.

Kucej wants damages and costs, too. A hearing on his application has been scheduled for Sept. 9.

"This is yet another sideshow in what has become a three-ring circus," said Richard Saxl, the lawyer for the condo association.

"Hopefully, this will not have an impact on the best interests of my clients and the city of Bridgeport."

Attempts to reach Kucej at his home and by telephone were unsuccessful.

Saxl has been negotiating with lawyers for the city, which paid Moutinho $400,000 to build the driveway across airport land to his waterside mansion and the homes of two neighbors.

The parties are seeking to settle a lawsuit brought by the condo association, which borders the driveway.

Under the proposed settlement agreement, the city and Moutinho will pay to erect a fence around Breakwater Key and to put up a line of trees between the condos and the driveway, condo residents said.

In addition, the city will agree not to develop the property around the driveway any further.

The settlement is waiting to be finalized once Moutinho returns next week from Portugal. Moutinho's lawyer did not return calls for comment.

But a ruling on Kucej's application could bring the whole proposal to a grinding halt.

Saxl said Kucej had agreed to attend the condo owners' meeting Aug. 13 to discuss the terms of the settlement, but he didn't show up.

In his application for the injunction, Kucej said that he wanted the meeting held Aug. 19.

Last month, Superior Court Judge Dale Radcliffe ruled that Moutinho had not proven he had a hardship -- as required by law -- when he convinced the Stratford Board of Zoning Appeals to allow him to put in the more than 1,000-foot-long, 20-foot-wide driveway from Sniffen Lane in Stratford to his home on the water opposite Short Beach.

The driveway, which replaced a dirt one running from Main Street in Stratford, runs through wetlands on the city of Bridgeport's airport property to Moutinho's mansion and the homes of two of his neighbors at Breakwater Key.

City officials have said they felt legally obligated to pay for the driveway.

A request by the condo association to rip up the driveway has been put on hold after Moutinho asked the state Appellate Court to hear an appeal of the case. The appeals court has not yet responded.